{"id":35362,"date":"2012-08-02T01:59:24","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T01:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/08\/02\/loki-and-the-firechild-22\/"},"modified":"2012-08-02T01:59:24","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T01:59:24","slug":"loki-and-the-firechild-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/08\/02\/loki-and-the-firechild-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Loki and the firechild"},"content":{"rendered":"

lokilaufeyyson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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i-am-the-firechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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lokilaufeyyson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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i-am-the-firechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Summer wasn\u2019t sure what Loki wanted, only that she\u2019d been summoned to meet him at the shattered edge of the bifrost. What should she be for him, tonight? Did he want to drink, again? Flirt, play?<\/p>\n

Rehearse his history?<\/p>\n

As she flew down the remaining length of the bridge, fire-born wings trailing sparks behind her, she could see him, poised at the edge. Landing softly, she called, \u201cLoki?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For a moment, he was mesmerized by those graceful wings, like ethereal lights tucking themeselves back into her being. \u00a0He blinked as the rest of her came into focus. \u00a0Distracting\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cSummer.\u201d \u00a0He greeted, nodding at her. \u00a0There was little time for formalities. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI need you to listen to me very carefully. \u00a0Thanos has targeted us; both of us. \u00a0You angered him last night by showing loyalty to me. \u00a0He is not one to ask questions, he will simply kill for sport.\u201d \u00a0He took a few steps closer to her, holding out the transport device. \u00a0\u201dWe have only one option: he must fall first.\u201d \u00a0He looked at her with pleading eyes, as if to say, you will help me, won\u2019t you?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI \u2014 \u201d Summer started, them closed her mouth and began again. \u201cD\u2019you have a plan? I wouldn\u2019t even know where to look. I\u2019m not minded to go haring off into the wild blue yonder without at least some shape of a plan. Even for you.\u201d That last held a slight edge.<\/p>\n

She paced to the side of the rainbow bridge, glancing down and down. \u201cIt\u2019s a bit out of character for you, isn\u2019t it, being worried for someone else\u2019s safety? Or perhaps I\u2019m just insurance, your wild card, as it were.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI will be entirely honest with you, Summer. \u00a0I ask you to join me more out of my own need than concern for your safety.\u201d That was only mostly true.<\/em> \u00a0\u201dAs it were, I don\u2019t think I am acquainted with anyone more fit to assist me. \u00a0You have great power, do you realize that?\u201d \u00a0He was well aware of the power of talking someone up.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“Oh, sure,” she said wryly. “Butter me up. I hope you remember saying that when the convulsions take me in the middle of things.” Summer looked out at the stars all around. “Are you okay to do this? Go back into that? I can’t hold him off and hold you together at the same time.”<\/p>\n

But even as she was double-checking, she was also calling her battle armour, knowing she couldn’t live with herself if she let him go out there alone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

lokilaufeyyson: i-am-the-firechild: lokilaufeyyson: i-am-the-firechild: Summer wasn\u2019t sure what Loki wanted, only that she\u2019d been summoned to meet him at the shattered edge of the bifrost. What should she be for him, tonight? Did he want to drink, again? Flirt, play? Rehearse his history? As she flew down the remaining length of the bridge, fire-born wings … Continue reading Loki and the firechild<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,4024,4360],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35362"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}